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I had a home business in the 1970s when my children were in school, and it was great most of the time. Problem was that when friends dropped in or clients came they seemed to think that as I was at home I had unlimited time to chat and drink coffee.
also after 7 years I got sick of not having the interaction with work mates.

I've spent the last 6 years working from home as a transcriber and loved it. Loved being available for my daughter's activities, loved the flexibility of working when I wanted or needed to, loved being able to cook dinner or throw on a load of washing,etc. etc. while working. In the last six months,there hasn't been enough work to cover all the bills and other expenses. I've waited it out during this time, hoping the workload would increase but had to bite the bullet a couple of weeks ago and take on a three day part-time position in the city. I love that I now have an income that I can now count on but I also love that I still have enough work for a couple of days of working from home. My work days are long days - I don't get home until 7.00 and of course I still have to feed, clothe and bathe the family.

I wouldn't like to work out of the home five days a week - I honestly don't know how people do it and still fit in all the extra things that have to be done at home.

One of the main upsides of working at home is that I don't have to deal with people in person. At the same time, one of the downsides of working at home is that I don't have to deal with people in person so I do now enjoy having some interaction with people in the flesh, so to speak.

I'm in the same sort of boat as Ellie and agree with what she posted. I do work part time a few days each month for a law firm and occasionlly for another law firm (sub). Otherwise I spend time working on my online fitness business. It's like the best of both worlds :D